01/26/1993 08:00 AM House STA

  HJR 6:  CONST. AM: LIMIT LEGISLATIVE TERMS                                   
                                                                               
  Number 600                                                                   
                                                                               
  REPRESENTATIVE VEZEY thanked Representative Nordlund for his                 
  testimony, and held HJR 3 for further consideration.  On                     
  that same topic, HJR 6 sponsored by Representative Curt                      
  Menard, was reviewed next.                                                   
                                                                               
  Number 607                                                                   
                                                                               
  REPRESENTATIVE CURT MENARD, PRIME SPONSOR of HJR 6,                          
  discussed the support for term limits.  He noted HJR 6                       
  allowed four terms in the House and two in the Senate.                       
                                                                               
  Number 619                                                                   
                                                                               
  CHAIRMAN VEZEY asked Representative Menard where the wording                 
  came from or the reason for two terms in the House and one                   
  term in the Senate along with a lifetime limit.                              
                                                                               
  Number 626                                                                   
                                                                               
  REPRESENTATIVE MENARD stated a two or four year separation                   
  was not as important as the idea itself.  A lifetime ban was                 
  not a requirement either, he added.                                          
                                                                               
  Number 633                                                                   
                                                                               
  CHAIRMAN VEZEY discussed the break in power for the                          
  incumbent.                                                                   
                                                                               
  Number 639                                                                   
                                                                               
  REPRESENTATIVE KOTT asked the difference between HJR 6 and                   
  HJR 3.                                                                       
                                                                               
  Number 644                                                                   
                                                                               
  REPRESENTATIVE MENARD was unfamiliar with HJR 3.                             
                                                                               
  Number 645                                                                   
                                                                               
  REPRESENTATIVE KOTT stated he believed HJR 6 and HJR 3 were                  
  basically the same except for the 12 year break.                             
                                                                               
  Number 651                                                                   
                                                                               
  CHAIRMAN VEZEY, as a point of information to the committee,                  
  stated that SJR 3 had passed the Senate State Affairs                        
  Committee.